FDA approves first COVID-19 vaccine

23 August 2021 - Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine.  ...

Read more →

Booster shots ‘make a mockery of vaccine equity,’ the WHO’s Africa director says

19 August 2021 - The Africa director at the World Health Organization, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, criticized the decisions by some ...

Read more →

Contradicting WHO, US advises adults to receive COVID-19 boosters

19 August 2021 - The Biden administration is advising all American adults to receive a COVID-19 booster shot after accumulating ...

Read more →

Joint statement from HHS public health and medical experts on COVID-19 booster shots

18 August 2021 - Today, public health and medical experts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the ...

Read more →

Pfizer and BioNTech announce submission of initial data to U.S. FDA to support booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine

16 August 2021 - Phase 1 safety and immunogenicity data in individuals who received a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine ...

Read more →

U.S. FDA approves Ticovac, Pfizer's tick borne encephalitis vaccine

13 August 2021 - Ticovac may help reduce the risk of tick-borne encephalitis for people traveling to endemic areas, potentially including ...

Read more →

Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: FDA authorises additional vaccine dose for certain immunocompromised individuals

12 August 2021 - Other fully vaccinated individuals do not need an additional vaccine dose right now. ...

Read more →

FDA to authorise third vaccine dose for people with weak immune systems

11 August 2021 - The decision to expand the emergency use of both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines is meant to ...

Read more →

Pressure builds for full FDA approval of vaccines

11 August 2021 - Pressure is building for the FDA to fully approve the COVID-19 vaccine, a step that could ...

Read more →

Novavax delays Covid vaccine emergency authorisation submission to FDA until fourth quarter

5 August 2021 - The company says it is still on track to produce 100 million doses per month by the ...

Read more →

FDA reportedly hopes to fully approve Pfizer’s Covid vaccine by Labor Day

3 August 2021 - Federal regulators are aiming to grant full approval to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by early September, the New ...

Read more →

Moderna receives FDA fast track designation for respiratory syncytial virus vaccine (mRNA-1345)

3 August 2021 - Moderna today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation for mRNA-1345, its investigational ...

Read more →

The FDA finally gets moving on Pfizer

2 August 2021 - The agency will now ‘sprint’ to grant full vaccine approval. ...

Read more →

GSK files for licensure of MMR vaccine in the US

2 August 2021 - GSK seeks US approval of Priorix vaccine licensed in more than 100 countries. ...

Read more →

FDA under pressure to grant full approval to COVID-19 vaccines

1 August 2021 - Some schools, hospitals and employers are hesitant to mandate vaccines while shots are still only authorized for ...

Read more →